Loyola Letterhead


Hello,
Welcome to the first day of summer!

Last evening we concluded our Board of Trustee meetings for the fiscal year 2019-2020. That meeting also concluded Michelle Zehnder Fischer's time on our board. Thank you Michelle! You have been an integral part of our strategic planning since your time on the board and we have appreciated your time, passion and knowledge. Fortunately, Michelle will still serve on our Academics and Activities Committee as we look ahead. The BoT approved Chris Roe to fill the spot on the board. Welcome Chris and we look forward to your commitment to the school. Chris has been a long-term member of the finance committee and will only help strengthen that important component of our school. Tim Murray has agreed to re-up for a second term on the board. Thank you Tim!

Staffing Announcements:
Kevin Elton, Assistant Principal and AP Stats teacher has accepted a position at Sibley East High School. Kevin has been on the leadership team and a part of Loyola for two years. We wish him the absolute best at Sibley East. He has many years left in his educational career and will positively impact many students and staff along his path.

I plan to fill the administrative spot with two lead positions, one for K-6 and one for 7-12. We plan to post the openings by July 1 and interview and hire by the end of July. Over the course of my three years here there has been a continued expressed need for our staff, students, and parents to have a closer direct lead to work with at respective levels. There's no doubt it often gets difficult when you scan the scope of K-12.

I'm happy to announce we've also hired a preschool lead and that we were able to promote from within. Tami Zwaschka will be the Preschool Director for our PS program. Tami will assume this role part time and will still maintain part time teaching duties. We welcome Tami into this role and know she has great passion and an understanding of what it takes to have a high quality PS program. This will give our PS parents a person to go to and help bridge our PS program with the elementary school.

Brandy Gullickson has been hired as our 7-12 Choral Director. Welcome Brandy and we are so excited to have you start working with our students here at Loyola. See her full bio below.

Trisha Sizer will be teaching 4th grade with Barb Wendlandt next year. Since we only have one section of 5th graders we needed to make a move. Michelle Ellingworth will now be teaching math for 5th and 6th grade. We are still looking at what the other responsibilities will look like between Michelle, Linda Ruehle, and Amanda Stahl. While there is some shuffling there, the plan is to continue to have 4th-6th grade work very closely together.

Kerstyn Carraferelli has been hired as development associate. Kerstyn will work in the development office with Sam Smith and Matt Fink. Kerstyn has already started and can be found working in the ed center side of the building by Sam and Matt's offices. See her bio below.

I hope to you continue to have a relaxing and happy summer! Watch for additional news/happenings in the coming weeks.
Sincerely,

Adam Bemmels
School Leader/Preschool-12 Principal


NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS:

SUMMER MAIN OFFICE HOURS
   7:30am-4pm M-F   Please use the main phone line:  507-388-0600

SAVE THE DATE
7/17 
FAMILY FUN NIGHT: 6:30-7:30pm on the playground. This event is for currently enrolled and also potential Loyola preschool and kindergarten families. Come and enjoy ice cream, a bounce house and more!
LOYOLA VOLUNTEER TEAM MEETING & BBQ 6pm
7/20
ROCKIN' ON THE HILL   tickets here 
8 /5
LOYOLA NIGHT WITH THE MOONDOGS 7pm
8/21
BACK TO SCHOOL KICK OFF

LOYOLA STAFF RECOGNITION
Before we left for summer break, we acknowledged and celebrated staff milestones. Congratulations and thank you to:
  • 5 years of employment:  Bryon Ubl, Heather Streeter, Dan Brockhaus,
    Chrissy Karst, John Kujawa, Colleen Luskey
  • 10 years of employment: Sandy Bach
  • 15 years of employment:  Jessica Kirschner, Linda Rentschler
  • 20 years of employment: Trisha Sizer, Heidi Coudron, Trudi Clements
  • 25 years of employment: Ruthie Corcoran
  • 40 years of employment: Linda Ruehle
NEW LOYOLA STAFF
CHOIR: Please welcome Mrs. Brandy Gullickson
Brandy Klingel Gullickson, a native of Mankato, is excited to begin her 23rd year of teaching.  She received her B.S. in Vocal/Classroom Music Education from Minnesota State University, Mankato in 1997 and her M.A. in Music Education Choral Concentration from University of St. Thomas in St. Paul in 2011.  Prior to working at Loyola, Brandy taught for Mankato District 77 (Long-term substitute at West HS), Rockford, Eden Prairie, Waseca, JWP, and at Loyola years ago as a long term sub.  Brandy is married to Ross Gullickson and has two sons, Marshall and Brody.  In her spare time, she enjoys outdoor activities with her family and is a soprano singer in Musicorum.  One fun fact from the Gullickson Family - since having kids, they have hosted five foreign exchange students from Europe and were able to visit them all last summer in Germany.

DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATE: Please welcome Ms. Kerstyn Cafarelli
Kerstyn is originally from Rosemount, MN where she started off her experience in non-profit with taking on the Event Lead role at her local Relay for Life. Since then she has taken every opportunity possible to get more involved in the community. Volunteering has always been her passion, and she realized that she was destined to turn that into a career. Her latest job was at Greater Mankato Area United Way as the Outreach Coordinator.  In her spare time, she enjoys traveling and getting to explore; she recently traveled to Greece for two weeks and loved experiencing new places and seeing what the world has to offer.   Kerstyn holds a degree in Marketing and Minor in Business Administration from  Minnesota State University, Mankato.  

PRESCHOOL DIRECTOR: Congratulations, Tami Zwaschka 
Mrs. Z has accepted the part time role of Preschool Director. She will be overseeing our PreK and preschool programs, as well as her classrooms duties.

VARSITY BASKETBALL COACH: Congratulations, Sam Carlson
Sam Carlson has been named Loyola's new head basketball coach.
A preschool and physical education teacher at Loyola, Sam has been involved with the Loyola basketball program for the past two seasons, and is also involved with coaching Loyola's baseball program and the St. Clair-Loyola Spartans football team.

7-12 GRADE 2nd SEMESTER HONOR ROLLS

RE-ENROLL FOR 2019/20
Click here for re-enrollment instructions and information.

SCRIP
Summer order dates:                          Pick up:
June 16th                                        June 20th
July 7th                                           July 11th
July 21st                                          July 25th
August 4th                                       August 8th
August 18th                                     August 22nd

VIRTUS TRAINING 
Both the Dioceses or Winona-Rochester and New Ulm require all staff and volunteers at all parishes, schools and religious education programs to undergo a background check and to participate in a child safety program called VIRTUS . Loyola offers sessions at various times throughout the school year:

August 7th 6:00 pm
August 19th 1:00 pm ** New Hires at Loyola**
October 9 6pm
December 11 6pm
February 5,  6pm
April 1 6pm
All sessions will be held at Loyola. Please click here for registration information.

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
Loyola will have a float in the following parades:
North Mankato Fun Days - July 13
Eagle Lake Tator Days -   July 20
Madison Lake Paddle Fish Days - July 27
We will be needing volunteers to walk in these parades! Grab your family and friends! This is a great way to have a presence in our communities. Email Trudi Clements if you can help!

**We are also in need of candy to hand out at the parades! Candy can be dropped off in the sc hool office during office hours: 7:30-4pm M-F.
SOCCER FRENZY- CANCELED
Due to scheduling conflicts and low participation, the Soccer Frenzy Camp for this summer has been canceled. 

ATHLETICS/ACTIVITIES UPDATE
GIRLS GOLF: Cla ire Orcutt earned 9th place at State! Congratulations to Claire on a great season and career.

BOYS BASEBALL: Congratulations to Ben Ellingworth and Matthew Helget for being named to the Mankato All City baseball team.

All Conference Baseball teams:
1st Team-  Ben Ellingworth, Matthew Helget
2nd team- Matthew Salzle, Caleb Fogal, Owen Casteel
Honorable Mention- Matthew Kujawa, Nick Stoffel

The following is the list of Loyola students that received Academic All Conference Awards for the Spring for the Valley Conference.  Students must be on the Varsity Roster and have a GPA of 3.5 or better.

Track and Field-  Dawson Davito, Mariah Kreykes, Sami Naples, Carla Nunez, Micah Rentschler, Sarah Yenish

Golf- Jack Ammann, Isiah Godfrey, Griffen Johnson, Matthew Karst, Claire Orcutt, Noah Roe

Baseball- Ben Ellingworth, Caleb Fogal, Brayton Matuska, Matthew Salzle, Matthew Kujawa, Luke Vetter, Owen Casteel, Andrew Kohrs, Sam Sernett, Jacob Reynolds, Matthew Gartner

Softball- Grace Dehen, Molly Hodapp, Zoey Weller

7-12 WEIGHT ROOM HOURS/OPEN GYM HOURS
Sam Carlson will be supervising the weight room on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 1-3pm, and will be monitoring open gym in the Loyola gym on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 1-3pm throughout the summer. All 7-12 grade
Loyola students are welcome; there is no fee to participate.

SPORTS PHYSICALS
Mayo Clinic Health System is hosting its pre-participation sports physicals event on Wednesday, July 24, from 5 to 7:30 p.m. at the Madison East Center in Mankato. Physicals are just $20, and no appointments are necessary.



Mission Statement 
By teaching and modeling Gospel values, Loyola Catholic School is a dynamic, nurturing community which successfully educates students to be critical thinkers, moral decision-makers and contributors to our church and world.